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DynaBunny, horrifying Easter bitcrusher plug-in and iOS app, is free now
Hey, kids, look, it’s the Easter Bunny! And listen to the way the beast helps your beautiful song to evolve! Okay, if the folks at Caelum Audio wanted to sell us on their new DynaBit plugin, this isn’t the worst way – especially as even this holiday freebie has some powerful features. They’ve got some other free downloads, too.
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Vela reverb, now in open beta, opens up rich reverbs you can reshape
Vela, a new reverb from Sonic Academy’s Sonic Sounds line, is now in open beta. And yes, I’m here to tempt your RAS – Reverb Acquisition Syndrome again. The range of reverberation emulations here, combined with node-based editing, might mean you do need another reverb. (Sorry/not sorry.)
Peter Kirn - April 14, 2025
Music tech Software Tech
VDMX6 gets vision: video tracking, color transfer, background removal
Live Mac visual app VDMX6 is now shipping some of the new hotness the developers promised with the transition to Metal for rendering. Apple’s frameworks unlock a ton of visual tricks, from tracking video to color scopes to background removal.
Sinevibes’ “digital-analog” buffer delay Integer is now on KORG hardware
Peter Kirn - March 13, 2025
Gear Music tech Tech
KORG multi/poly native is as satisfying as a desktop plug-in as it in hardware
Peter Kirn - March 6, 2025
Music tech Reviews Software Tech
303 Day: the freaky CDM Megaroundup
Peter Kirn - March 3, 2025
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AAS Multiphonics CV-3 modular review: an expressive and sonic landmark
Peter Kirn - February 18, 2025
Music tech Reviews Software Tech
Waverazor, MOK’s insane wave-slicing synth, just got a huge free update
Peter Kirn - February 17, 2025
Music tech Software Tech
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